WoRMS taxon details

Cyamus Latreille, 1796

158319  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158319)

accepted
Genus
Sirenocyamus J.F. Brandt, 1846 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Species Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Species Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Species Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyamus erraticus Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, McDonald & Bousfield, 2000
Species Cyamus gracilis Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Species Cyamus mesorubraedon Margolis, McDonald & Bousfield, 2000
Species Cyamus monodontis Lutken, 1870
Species Cyamus nodosus Lutken, 1861
Species Cyamus orubraedon Waller, 1989
Species Cyamus ovalis Roussel de Vauzème, 1834
Species Cyamus rhytinae (J.F. Brandt, 1846)
Species Cyamus scammoni Dall, 1872

Species Cyamus antarcticensis Vlasova in Berzin & Vlasova, 1982 accepted as Isocyamus antarcticensis (Vlasova in Berzin & Vlasova, 1982)
Species Cyamus bahamondei Buzeta, 1963 accepted as Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Cyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931 accepted as Balaenocyamus balaenopterae (K.H. Barnard, 1931) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758) sensu Chilton, 1884 accepted as Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870 (misapplication)
Species Cyamus chelipes A. Costa, 1866 accepted as Syncyamus chelipes (A. Costa, 1866) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cyamus delphinii Guérin-Méneville, 1836 accepted as Isocyamus delphinii (Guérin-Méneville, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cyamus elongatus Hiro, 1938 accepted as Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Species Cyamus fascicularis Verrill, 1901 accepted as Neocyamus physeteris (Pouchet, 1888) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Cyamus globicipitis Lütken, 1870 accepted as Isocyamus delphinii (Guérin-Méneville, 1836)
Species Cyamus orcini Leung, 1970 accepted as Orcinocyamus orcini (Leung, 1970) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cyamus pacificus Lütken, 1873 accepted as Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Species Cyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888 accepted as Neocyamus physeteris (Pouchet, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Cyamus suffuses Dall, 1872 accepted as Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Species Cyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855 accepted as Platycyamus thompsoni (Gosse, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Species Cyamus abbreviatus Say, 1818 (uncertain, young of C. ovalis)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copila?-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2023). World Amphipoda Database. Cyamus Latreille, 1796. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158319 on 2023-09-25
Date
action
by
2005-05-25 08:24:16Z
created
2008-03-05 20:37:16Z
checked
2018-06-05 14:47:01Z
changed
2021-11-02 16:14:33Z
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original description  (of Sirenocyamus J.F. Brandt, 1846) Brandt, J.F. (1846). Über den gleichzeitig mit der Ausrottung der Pflegemutter bewerkstelligten geschichtlich nachweisbaren Untergang einer kleinen parasitischen Krebsart (Cyamus? oder richtiger vielleicht Sirenocyamus ? rhytinae) und eines Eingeweidewurmes der Jetztwelt. <em>Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg,.</em> 5: 189-192. [details]   

basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]   

additional source De Broyer, Claude. Checklist of Antarctic Amphipoda. [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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German Wal-Läuse  [details]
Japanese クジラジラミ  [details]